Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Description The Northern Mockingbird, a medium-sized songbird, is dull gray above with paler underparts. The white outer tail feathers of the long tail and white wing patches are visible in flight.
Northern Mockingbird Photos
I've seen them on a few occasions in South Dakota, but for now, my photos are all from around Las Vegas!! Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos.
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottus)
The Northern Mockingbird is distributed from southern Canada to southern Mexico and the West Indies. It is found in open areas with bushes including farmland, gardens and coastal areas.
Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Identification Tips:
Length: 9 inches
Slender bill
Gray head and upperparts
Yellow eye
White underparts
Long black tail with white outer tail feathers
White wing bars ...
Northern Mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos )
Northern Mockingbird, Ramirez Ranch, Near Roma, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern ...
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a common and widespread species across most of the southern two-thirds of the United States as well as most of Mexico.
Northern Mockingbird Behaviour
No observations regarding Northern Mockingbird behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Northern Mockingbirds ...
RangeThe northern mockingbird can be found in most of the continental United States from southern Oregon through northern Utah to Newfoundland and south to Mexico.
Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2004
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus)
Status Uncommon fall and winter visitant, rare in summer. Breeds. The status of this bird is somewhat of an enigma. It is rare in spring and summer, when it should be at peak abundance.
Northern Mockingbird: It has been given this name because of the way it imitates other birds' songs. They occur from the southern parts of Canada right down to the southern regions of Mexico, as well as the Caribbean.
Northern Mockingbird: The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America.
Northern Mockingbird
This flier has the work "mocking" in its name for a reason. It can mimic hundreds of sounds. Learn how to attract the northern mockingbird to your yard, and listen to its song.
Pileated Woodpecker ...
Picture Northern Mockingbird
Thrashers are related to the catbirds and mockingbirds.
Thrashers are excellent singers, about 8 inches, and are tinted with
drab grays, browns, blacks, and white; some species have
spotted under parts.
Northern Mockingbird by Corey
Part of the mockingbird's advantage over other avians is physical; it uses more of the muscles in its vocal organ, the syrinx, than most other passerines do, many more than non-passerines like raptors or waterfowl.
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (scientific)
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus (scientific)
Northern harriers are the only type of harrier found in North America.
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos. Breeder. Common in all seasons and regions. Found in rural, suburban, and urban areas in openings with short grass, scattered shrubs, and trees. Low Conservation Concern.
Northern Mockingbird
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Common Moorhen
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
The Northern Mockingbird lives in a wide variety of natural and human-modified areas and is common in suburban areas and towns.
Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
Bahama Mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii (C)
Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus
Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
Long-billed Thrasher, Toxostoma longirostre
Bendire's Thrasher, Toxostoma bendirei ...
COMMON MOCKING-BIRD.
[Northern Mockingbird.]
(State Bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas)
ORPHEUS POLYGLOTTUS, Linn.
[Mimus polyglottos.] ...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y
N Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned
Nighthawk, Common
Northern Bobwhite
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Nuthatch, Brown-headed
Nuthatch, White-breasted ...
5 inches, and has a short, thick bill, a white eye ring, and dark gray plumage, with a buffy wing stripe. Though superficially similar in plumage to the Northern Mockingbird, its shape, size, and behavior are not too similar.
The wasps probably provide protection to kites against climbing predators. Several smaller bird species, including house sparrows, northern mockingbirds and blue jays often build nests on or near Mississippi kite nests. (Parker, 1999) ...
white flowers in May followed by bright red berries from September through December. The berries are a great food source for squirrels, wild turkeys, deer, and many songbirds, especially American robins, cedar waxwings, and northern mockingbirds.
Unlike its close relatives, the Northern Mockingbird and the Brown Thrasher, this songbird does not appear to adapt well to urban, suburban, and agricultural environments.
 See also: Mockingbird, Kingbird, Cardinal, Thrasher, Robin
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